Eads v. Consolidated Rail Corp.

In this permissive interlocutory appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 306, the defendant, Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), a Pennsylvania corporation, contends it was an abuse of discretion for the circuit court of Cook County to deny its motion to dismiss the Indiana plaintiffs negligence action on the basis of forum non conveniens before a retrial on the action commences in this jurisdiction. 166 Ill. 2d R. 306.

The accident at issue occurred in Indiana at approximately 3:37 p.m. on Saturday, September 20, 1997, when plaintiff Tracie D. Eads was riding in the front passenger seat of…